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outside of Keeler.
    “Torpedoes, or torps, are also used,” Mr. Hassel continued. “Both the rays and the torps are able to fire over a distance of better than ten thousand miles, although they are more effective at closer range.”
    It didn’t take long for the flitter to reach Jasper Station, even though the station was several hundred miles from Big Valley and the Hassel farm. Delmar had never been to the military installation before and was fascinated at the sight of hundreds of ships of all sizes and shapes. Military personnel in black service uniforms were everywhere.
    “We’re going right over there.” Mr. Hassel pointed at a long, low building at the edge of the airfield. “That’s where my old unit is stationed. We’ll see who’s on duty.”
    After receiving clearance to land the flitter in a visitor zone, Delmar and Mr. Hassel caught a shuttle bus to the ground forces zone of the base. The building Mr. Hassel had pointed out seemed so small from the air, but now loomed over them. It looked large enough to house a whole armored division.
    Mr. Hassel showed his identification card at the reception desk, and after signing Delmar in on a visitor board, was waved through by a uniformed man with two stripes on his sleeve. However, this man was not wearing a service dress uniform like the one he’d seen before, but instead wore a simple black jumpsuit with his name on a leather nameplate over his right pocket. Delmar wondered what kind of name Hilipines was and where the man was from.
    Delmar followed Mr. Hassel down a hallway in the massive building . He sure seems to know where he’s going , thought Delmar. Mr. Hassel looked in at several offices along the way, but moved on quickly. He finally pushed through a set of heavy wooden doors where Delmar found himself inside a large hanger-like building. The room was filled with armored vehicles of every description.
    “Robert?” a voice said from behind them. “Is that you?”
    Delmar and Mr. Hassel spun around to find themselves face-to-face with a man of approximately Mr. Hassel’s age. The man had short gray hair and stood well over six feet tall. He carried a clipboard in his left hand while he reached for Robert with his right.
    “Kuba Trepp,” Mr. Hassel replied with a smile. “I’ve been looking all over for you.”
    “Well, you found me,” the large man answered. “What brings you to Jasper Station? You’re not due to requalify your flight status for another couple of months. Where’s Agnes?”
    “She’s back home. Kuba, I want you to meet a friend and pupil of mine,” Mr. Hassel answered. “Delmar Eagleman, meet Kuba Trepp, a friend of mine from the good old days.”
    “Let’s just take it easy on the old part if you don’t mind,” Trepp said. “Please to meet you, young man,” he said, reaching for Delmar’s hand.
    “Yes sir,” Delmar answered, still a bit in awe of his surroundings.”
    “Delmar has lived his whole life on the farm,” Mr. Hassel said to Kuba. “We’re on a field trip, and I’m trying to enlighten him on the intricacies of the Axia.”
    “Then you couldn’t be in better hands,” Trepp said.
    “Actually,” Mr. Hassel said, “I was hoping you’d be willing to help.”
    “How’s that?”
    “We’re at the point of our lesson now where we discover that not all is peaceful and calm in the universe. And since you have such intimate knowledge of Red-tails, I wondered if you’d mind telling Delmar about them?”
     Delmar looked expectantly at the large trooper, who in turn looked the young man over from head to toe.
    “Sure,” he finally answered Robert. He reached over and placed a large hand on Delmar’s shoulder. “You listen real close, son. You understand?”
    “Yes sir.”
    “The Axia really only has one enemy, which comes from a neighboring galaxy,” Trooper Trepp began. “They’re called Red-tails. They are humanoid in appearance with thick, leathery red skin. They have vestigial horns